# What Drum Beat is This?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330 "2016-11-28T22:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SHARKBITEATTACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330/1 "2016-11-28T22:40:28Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9DYroszOjOk/maxresdefault.jpg "Mothers Polish - 2015 California Gold All-Chrome Quick-Polish Cleaner & Protectant TV Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DYroszOjOk)

funky drummer?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330/2 "2016-11-29T00:38:40Z")

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Perfect topic for Café Society rather than General Questions. Moved.

**samclem** , moderator.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330/3 "2016-11-29T00:58:13Z")

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that sounds for all the world like the “Amen Break.” sampled and used in many other songs, most notably hip-hop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1hgXfX5-U#t=57s

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**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330/4 "2016-11-30T15:26:43Z")

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My first thought was, [“Me, Myself, and Irene”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2XgOzjidaY&t=0m17s)

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drum-beat-is-this/773330/5 "2016-11-30T16:01:43Z")

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If it’s the right commercial, I don’t hear anything that sounds like Funky Drummer or the Amen break. It sounds like a generic 16note hi hat drum pattern, more rock in feel than funk. It doesn’t have any of those off-beat accents you hear in stuff like Funjy Drummer or the Amen Vreak.